#FWB40 - Halopreneurs

This is the companion board to Chapter 32 of "Fundraising with Businesses: 40 New (and Improved!) Strategies for Nonprofits." This board is sponsored by OneBillionShirts.org. OBS is leveraging the billion dollar custom tee shirt industry to create a brand new fundraising stream for charity and nonprofit organizations. Read the compelling story behind OBS here: http://goo.gl/dQpv0a

WSJ.com: Ms. Grassell, now 18, is not merely interested in joining the ranks of teenage entrepreneurs. She is bent on changing the bra industry and starting a social movement among her customer base. “There shouldn’t be so much of a hurry to grow up so fast,” she said.

...It was in that lobby that I came up with the idea to photograph these memorial tattoos and the people they were attached to. Too often we see a persons tattoo, but don’t have the time or courage to learn the story behind it. This idea, and these stories, became Bled for Boston.

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Causepreneur Wear

Because October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, these shirts are on sale to benefit the Live For Liv Foundation, a local oranization raising awareness of domestic violence. Olivia Marchand was only 17 when she was taken from us from a domestic violence dispute. Help to remember what a beautiful young girl she was and raise money for her organization. Original design by Shannon Ouellette.

True Halopreneurs! Not really, but it's a fun idea. :) So it was only natural that when the monks realized the early 19th-century Abbey walls and foundation were crumbling beyond repair, they turned to beer for help. Specifically, they ramped up production and made 163,000 six-packs of their rare brew available to exporters and local sales agents in Belgium, as a way to raise funds to build a new Abbey.

Raise the roof with a rare beer brewed by monks - TODAY.com

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Some good news and bad news about Westvleteren 12 | Beer Nut

Westvleteren XII The Holy Grail of Belgian Beer

For the first time Westvleteren 12 beer has hit U.S. beer store shelves in large numbers. The bottle's Latin inscription reads, "Ad aedificandam abbatiam adiuvi," or, "I helped to build the abbey." A rare beer called the Westvleteren 12 Trappist ale hits the US: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/12/12/167084488/from-belgium-to-piggly-wiggly-u-s-beer-fans-snatch-up-elusive-ale buy it: http://121212xii.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/hello-world/ More on Beer: http://beer.alltop.com/

Between Sept. 27 and Oct. 17, Dunkin' fans anywhere in the world can visit a dedicated area (www.threadless.com/ ilovecoffee ) on Threadless.com to submit their own T-shirt designs, reflecting their love of Dunkin' coffe